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Cannon's Compass Nick Cannon’s life has been a journey full of ups and downs, but through it all he has relied on his moral compass to guide him. Author: Apr 7, 2021 Nick Cannon’s life has been a journey full of ups and downs, but through it all he has relied on his moral compass to guide him. Edited by Charlie Connell Nick Cannon’s life has been far from ordinary. Long before he was an internationally known entertainer, Cannon was just a kid growing up with his grandparents who was obsessed with music. Cannon wanted to pay homage to his incredible journey with a tattoo mapping ou...

Credit: Bruce Gilbert/Newsday/Getty; Courtesy Isabel Wilkerson Toni Morrison — a Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning author, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 — was born 90 years ago on this day, Feb. 18, in 1931. In her many years in the spotlight, she penned numerous works of meaning, including Beloved, The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon. She died on Aug. 5, 2019, though her memory lives on in the words of fellow writers like Isabel Wilkerson, who pays tribute to Morrison in the pages of this week's issue of PEOPLE. Here, Wilkerson's essay on the literary icon. Toni...

The abrupt switch from media attack dogs to stenographers for power was always going to be jarring. But get ready for “democracy dying in darkness” giving way to “everything is swell.” CBS This Morning on Monday cheered on Kamala Harris by talking to the Vice President-elect's former sorority sisters. The full-on puff piece featured Gayle King insisting that “so many” are so proud of the Democrat. 

History, you disrespect black people. him saying slavery was a choice. last week saying he supports trump because republicans freed the slaves. so it's just i wish he would enroll into class and get history lessons. he doesn't read or vote so i don't know. >> picking up on what you are saying, many professors at howard who were expressing their disgust at this popup celebration knowing some of the comments he said over time. one of the ones off the top there saying if kanye west is at howard university, send him to the founders library. i have books for him. the miseducation of the negro. prof...

>> they faded away. >> 50 years ago medgar evers was assassinated, his wife had a lifelong dream of singing at carnegie hall. next month her dream comes true. >> good one. he's raising the bar. >> a shout out to all of my fellow howard university graduates, founders library needs you. we need money. howard university, the mecca. >> my colleague has an amazing piece on our website the atlantic.com last week the obama tech team. some crazy pictures if you like ear plugs and mustaches. but also just a great story about how sophisticated. >> it is a wonderful story taken on a plane you were nig cr...